Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Leal Filho, Walter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Higher education.; Sustainable development.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Teaching.; Higher Education.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

 This encyclopedia serves as a tool to support universities across the world to implement sustainable development in higher education in a number of key areas, spread over 5 Sections: 1. Policy-making, visioning, structures, management and strategies 2. Teaching, learning and competencies 3. Research and transformation 4. Campus greening, design, operations and carbon impacts 5. Students and stakeholders´ initiatives and involvement The encyclopedia will be of special interest to administrators and managers at higher education institutions; academic staff (e.g. lecturers, professors, researchers); technical staff and students. Also, other groups working outside higher education, but interested on the theory and practice of sustainable development, will find its contents useful. 

 From the contents: Environmental resources and sustainable development -- ESD Pedagogies -- Estate Management and sustainable development -- Innovation in sustainable development -- Knowledge Management and sustainable development -- Leadership and sustainability -- Long-Term Planning and sustainable development -- Networking for sustainable development -- Online classes and sustainability,definiton and relevance -- Professional Development and sustainability -- Programme Evaluation -- Purchasing policy for sustainable development -- Resource Efficiency and sustainability -- Risk assessment and sustainable development -- Risk Management for sustainable development -- Self-management of sustainability processes -- Stakeholder analysis through sustainability issues -- Sustainability Barriers -- Sustainability in Higher Education Declarations -- Sustainability Office -- Sustainability perceptions -- Sustainable transportation methods -- Transition Management techniques for sustainable development -- Waste Management strategies for sustainable development -- Carbon footprint assessments and sustainable development -- Carbon neutrality and sustainable development -- Climate finance and sustainable development -- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) and sustainable development -- Conscious consumption and sustainable development -- Conservation and sustainable development -- Continuous improvement and sustainability -- Cradle-to-Cradle and sustainable development -- Cradle-to-Grave and sustainable development -- Divestment and sustainable development -- Economic equity and sustainable development -- Environmental justice and sustainable development -- Environmental Policy Statement and sustainable development -- Externalities in sustainability processes -- Facilities management and sustainable development -- Grassroots activism and sustainable development -- Green house gases and sustainable development -- Holistic approaches and sustainable development.